Question 310
During a Cisco ISE access-control troubleshooting session, the team observes: Routers and access switches share ISE device administration, but a broad first-match policy grants router maintenance roles to switch-only operators. Which Cisco ISE action most directly resolves the observed problem?
Explanation
Correct Answer
The underlying cause is: Device administration policy-set selection and authorization conditions must scope identities and network device groups so unrelated equipment does not inherit privileges. The correct response is: Build correctly ordered TACACS device administration policy sets using approved NAD groups and administrator identity roles. Confirm by checking: A switch-only operator can manage approved switches with the assigned command set but cannot obtain the router profile on a test router.
Incorrect Answers
That intervention addresses tacacs shell profile privilege level, where An ISE TACACS shell profile can return session privilege attributes, which must match the operator's role and device requirements. Here, the relevant failure is instead: Device administration policy-set selection and authorization conditions must scope identities and network device groups so unrelated equipment does not inherit privileges.
That intervention addresses investigating tacacs command authorization denial, where Successful TACACS+ authentication does not prove command authorization: shell profile, command set, identity group, and matched device policy may independently restrict commands. In this question the necessary remedy is “Build correctly ordered TACACS device administration policy sets using approved NAD groups and administrator identity roles”, which this alternative does not provide.
That intervention addresses aaa local fallback during ise outage, where Administrative AAA needs a tightly controlled fallback access design for total external server unavailability without broadly bypassing central policy in normal operation. The observed condition is routers and access switches share ISE device administration, but a broad first-match policy grants router maintenance roles to switch-only operators; this mechanism addresses another problem.